by - May 28, 2013 5:36 pm
An era in Arkansas education ended Friday as Dan Farley spent his last day in his office after 14 years as executive director of the Arkansas School Boards Association. Farley,…
by - May 28, 2013 6:27 am
Editor’s note: Talk Business Arkansas contributor Steve Brawner begins a recurring feature called “Three Questions” for our education and public policy readers. Dr. Richard Abernathy, executive director of the Arkansas…
by - May 24, 2013 7:29 am
From a variety of our content partners, there was a lot of action among the board of trustees for the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. The University of…
by - May 21, 2013 2:59 am
The first chairwoman in the school’s history, Jane Rogers now leads the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees.
by - May 21, 2013 2:32 am
Researchers at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway have completed a study showing the “digital divide” between younger and older generations is beginning to narrow. The “digital divide” is…
by - May 16, 2013 1:50 pm
Arkansas Education Commissioner Dr. Tom Kimbrell today exercised his authority under state law to dissolve the school board of the Mineral Springs School District. The action was taken to immediately…
by - May 15, 2013 7:01 pm
Reporter Marci Manley with our content partner, KARK 4 News, reports that thousands of professional school higher education students are facing significant financial hurdles due to state budget cuts. The…
by - May 15, 2013 6:29 am
The University of Arkansas board of trustees quizzed a number of four-year college administrators on their varying requests to raise tuition next year. Rob Moritz with our content partner, the…
by - May 13, 2013 1:54 pm
Jacksonville and the north Pulaski County area moved closer to divorcing the rest of the Pulaski County Special School District at Monday’s State Board of Education meeting. Meanwhile, two south…
by - May 10, 2013 8:34 pm
A potentially serious financial crisis exists for a public school employee insurance fund that could be $60 million in the red. Marci Manley with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4…
by - May 10, 2013 8:17 pm
Economically disadvantaged students who participated in an Arkansas Better Chance-funded pre-kindergarten program were more likely to be prepared to enter kindergarten than disadvantaged students who didn’t, two studies indicate. However,…
by - May 8, 2013 7:21 pm
The state’s transition to the Common Core State Standards will continue under a new point person with the Arkansas Department of Education. Dr. Megan Witonski, currently the superintendent of the…
by - May 8, 2013 4:04 am
Picasolar was named the winner of the NSTAR MIT Clean Energy Prize for a process promoted as the single largest technology leap in solar energy efficiency in decades. The prize,…
by - May 7, 2013 7:52 pm
Bobby Acklin, assistant superintendent for the North Little Rock School District, will serve as superintendent of the Dollarway School District starting July 1, according to a news release from the…
by - May 7, 2013 5:04 am
Editor’s note: This commentary is provided by James Rutherford, a junior at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock seeking a degree in Finance. Rutherford is the Vice President of…
by - May 3, 2013 4:00 pm
The passage of a new school choice law was this session’s most important education-related measure, according to Sen. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, chairman of the Senate Education Committee. Unlike the…
by - April 29, 2013 2:17 pm
The first 10,000 new Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship recipients learned of their awards Monday via email, with another 6,000 students likely eligible for the award if they complete their application….
by - April 27, 2013 8:22 am
Talk Business contributor Steve Brawner uses his most recent opinion column in the Arkansas News Bureau to discuss the recent Rep. Nate Bell (R-Mena) and Benton County GOP episodes of…
by - April 24, 2013 9:17 pm
The North Little Rock School District was awarded $5.1 million in state Partnership Program grants and is first in line to receive another $19.5 million that is expected to be…
by - April 16, 2013 9:04 am
The Senate Education Committee, meeting for what it hoped was the final time this session Monday, gave what amounts to a go-ahead for a bill that would increase per pupil…
